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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
frostfire, I don't see an MD in your profile? You go and get a MD and didn't tell anyone? 
If not keep the medical opinion to your field of expertise. I've worked in an ER also and have seen women with UTI's but as for what causes them I've no idea. |
No MD here but as a female with about 10 years experience in austere conditions both damp and dry for extended periods of time (mostly Africa and Latin America) and 49 years of age, I can safely say -- no UTIs -- ever. So maybe that is a dead thread unless an actual MD has empirical evidence on it.
I never held a combat MOS, but as a young soldier I would have jumped at the option if I thought I could be of use. I say this because I knew that an exception for one competent woman might make the military need to deal with 10-fold incompetent ones so perhaps not worth the collective effort to open up combat arms to females.
One thought for the active duty QPs to consider. You are in jobs and situations that are extraordinary. Your challenges may occasionally be better served with a female attached to your team. The better trained they are and the better understand what you need from them, the better (IMHO) your chance of success in the mission.
Again, as a female soldier who qualified on a 50 cal, it seems like an unusual use of resource to take a female CA and put her on a 50 cal and expect her to perform equally to a combat MOS QP, but maybe a good thing to be able to support.
Just a few thoughts after reading this thread. Happy Easter, all -- especially to those deployed. Stay safe.